• Hawke’s Bay may experience wet and windy weather next week due to a low-pressure system.
• MetService’s Mmathapelo Makgabutlane said the system could bring heavy rain to the North Island’s east.
• The system may also bring warmer temperatures.

Hawke’s Bay could be set for more wet and wild weather next week as one of the first big low-pressure systems of the year moves down the country.

The front is being forecast to bring not just rain but also a return to summer temperatures for the region.

MetService meteorologist Mmathapelo Makgabutlane said it was too early to say if thunderstorms would hit Hawke’s Bay, but wet and windy weather was possible along the North Island’s east coast from about Tuesday.

“We have a low-pressure system drifting down from the north and that will be bringing, at this point so far, the heaviest rain for the northern parts of the country,” Makgabutlane said.

“Depending on the movement of that weather system, there is a possibility that some of that could come into the eastern parts of the North Island, including Hawke’s Bay.”

Even though Wairoa has seen plenty of rain this summer, Makgabutlane believes this weather system could be one of the first big weather systems to hit the region in 2025.

Although it is too early for MetService to issue weather warnings and watches for this system, Makgabutlane said her team is watching the situation and would typically issue any watches or warnings a couple of days ahead of the system hitting, if it does come through.

However, Makgabutlane said since the system is coming from the north, it means that within it is a warm air mass that will bring warmer temperatures.

“As it moves across, and once it’s moved across, we should expect that warmer, more moist air mass should hopefully have an effect on temperatures as well.”

Makgabutlane recommends keeping an eye on the MetService website or app for any weather watches or warnings.

Jack Riddell is a multimedia journalist with Hawke’s Bay Today and spent the last 15 years working in radio and media in Auckland, London, Berlin, and Napier. He reports on all stories relevant to residents of the region.